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Observer Names Marlon James’s The Disappearers Its Book of the Week

The novel returns James to Kingston to probe homophobia, violence and cultural erasure through scenes drawn from personal memory

BBC Announces Cast and Begins Filming of Open Water

Colson Whitehead’s Cool Machine Closes Harlem Trilogy with a Sharp 1980s Heist Tale

Dave Eggers Releases Contrapposto, a Novel About Art and a Sixty‑Five‑Year Friendship

Guggenheim Names 223 Fellows for 2026 Across 55 Fields

Mary Beard to Chair 2026 Booker Prize Panel Featuring Jarvis Cocker

Patricia Lockwood’s ‘Will There Ever Be Another You’ Arrives to Divided, In-Depth Reviews

José María Guelbenzu, Novelist, Editor and Critic, Dies at 81

German Court Rejects Attempt to Ban Christoph Peters' Novel